Knockdown leg for tables



July 29, 1952 J NASH 2,605,158

KNOCKDOWN LEG FOR TABLES Filed July 5, 1949 FlG.3

2f 2 z1zz' m Z7 iNVENT'OR 3 JOHN J. NASH FIG. 2.

ATTORNEY Patented July 29, 1952 KNOCKDQWN LEG FOR TABLES John J. Nash, Normandy, Mo., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Reconstruction Finance Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of the United States Application July 5, 1949, Serial No. 103,013

(o1. an -110) 3 Claims.

This invention relates in general to certain new and useful improvements in a knock-down leg for a table.

It isxa primary object of the present invention to provide a leg assembly for a table having a relatively small number of parts and which may be readily assembled to form a sturdy rigid structure. 7

It is another object of the present invention to provide a table having a leg construction which may be readily and quickly disassembled and reassembled to facilitate shipment in a so-called knock-down" package.

. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a leg assembly for tables which is adapted to co-operate with the aprons of the table to contribute to the overall rigidity of the table construction.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention resides in the novel features of form, construction, arrangement, and combination of parts presently described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a table corner-assembly constructed in accordance with and embodying the present invention;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional View taken along line 2--2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional along line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken along line 4-4 of Figure 1; and

Figure is a transverse sectional view taken along line 55 of Figure 4.

Referring now in mor detail and by reference characters to the drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention, A designates a table comprising a top assembly T and tubular legs I, each fabricated preferably of chromium plated tubing and being outwardly turned and tapered at its lower end, the extremity of which is provided with a ball foot 2. Suitably secured, closurewise on the upper end of the leg I is an end cap 3. Provided on the inwardly presented surface of the leg I, adjacent its lower end, is a circular aperture 4 having a small peripheral recess or keyhole slot 5 preferably in its lower portion. Projecting through the aperture 4 into the interior of the leg I is the lower forwardly bent end 6 of a tubular brace 1 also fabricated preferably of chromium plated tubing and of substantially the same view taken diameter as the aperture 4 so that the end 6 will fit snugly therein. Provided on a laterally presented surface of said end 6 is a projection or teat member 8, sized for moving through the slot 5 when'the end 5 is inserted in the aperture 4, and which, upon rotation of the brace 1 into vertical position, lockinglyengages the interior wall of the leg I to prevent unauthorized displacement of the rod 1. At its upper end the brace 'I is compressed into a'flattened head portion 9 having a transverse recess I8 extending inwardly from one side'margin thereof The leg I is "provided adjacent its upper end with a circular aperture II axially aligned with said recess I 0 and alignfd, lengthwise of the leg I, with the aperture The table top assembly T is constructed at its corners, asshown in Figures 1 and'2, and each such corner comprises a cornerblock I2 provided centrally of its outwardly presented face with a vertically extending arcuate recess I3 having a centrally located aperture l4 extending through the corner block I2 and opening upon the rear face thereof. Along its outwardly presented vertical margins the corner block I2 is provided'with inclined, laterally presented surfaces I5, I5,-for suitable securement as by gluing and doweling to the correspondingly mitered end faces of apronboards I6, I6, respectively, and conventionally provided around its top margins with a top board I'I formed of plastic covered .plywood, po=rcelain enameled sheet steel, orwood, as may be desired. The apron-boards I6, I 8', are transversely ker'fed in the provision of slots I8, I8, respectively located equidistantly on opposite sides of the cor- 'nerblockl2. v Provided for securement in rearwardly. spaced parallel relatio'nto the corner block I2 is a brace plate I9 stamped of heavy'gaugesheet metal having a central aperture 20. and being formed along its two lateral margins with ribs'2 I', 2 I, respectively, having'websj22,"'22 bent backwardly at an angle of 45 to the plane of the brace plate I9 and, in turn, marginally bent forward at right angles in the provision of flanges 23, 23', respectively, for disposition within the slots I8, I8, being secured therein by screws 24 extending through suitable apertures into the angularly presented webs 22, 22', and secured tightly in the apron-boards I6, I6.

Provided for co-operation with the le I is a hook bolt 25 having a straight shank 26 and a forward bent-over end 21 which is adapted to extend through the aperture II. Also provided for encircling disposition around the hook bolt 25 is a spacer-sleeve 28, a lock washer 29, and a nut 30.

In assembling the table top T and leg I to make a completed table each leg is mounted in place by inserting the bent over end 21 of the hook bolt 25 in the aperture ll. The shank 26 of the hook bolt 25 is then inserted through the aperture lfiof thecorner block, l2 and aperture of the brace plate 1e so that theupper end of the leg I lies snugly in the recess l3. The spacer sleeve 28 is slipped over the shank 26 of the hook bolt and the brace I swung around so that the hook-like recess Ill embraces th 'shanklfilo'f' sleeve 28 and the inwardly p'resentediace of the brace plate I9. The 1001: Washer 29 is then slipped over the inwardly projecting threaded the corner block, and the leg for securing same compactly together.

2. A knock-down leg for a table, said leg comprising a tubular member provided upwardly from its lower end with an aperture having a radially outwardly extending entrant slot an elongated brace -member provided at lqWbr-i extremity with an angularly bent temperate "extending outwardly approximately at right angles thereto, '10

said end portion being sized for snug-fitting rotativefengagemm within the aperture, and being the hook bolt 25 and lies between the end of the provided with a radial projection sized to slide j through the? entrant slot and being so located end of the hook bolt 25 and thenut 3B threaded w e "memberand lock 'the brace member and leg memthereon to draw the leg I tightly into'the recess [3 of the corner block l2 and draw the brace place l9 toward the corner block 12 thereby pulling the entire co ner assembly of the table A i j lyeand securely as'i'a r d un j flit, will thus beseen that ithele "I can be assembled with arid disassembledffrom the table top assembly T simplyf quicklyand" conveniently so thatthe 'entire table 'A canb e paokedfor shipment in a'compact package andjcan be reassembled afsfl'a completed table, with the simplesttype ofjtools ahdwithbut requiring a high degree of mechanical fskill; a When assembled and e in use the table; "A fis not only attractive appearance "but is extremely rugged and durable and the corner assembly will withstand extreme abuse 'withoutlooseningor otherwise'becoming week.

It should be understood that 1 changes and 'inodificationsin the form; construction; arrangement, and combinationof the several 'parts'of t'he table mayjbe madean'd substituted f or those ihfereimshow a described withoutdeparting om t e na u ej rri q l fii 'm t on- '5 Havin t us t des ri d m i v n at a mi de i to secure, 9yv L i a nt is: 7 1 u e'fl i h e itab l fh yin a plu al ty 0 depending 'ap tonsi r need; .ini li i c n it la icni a gas m y qm r i ia er a b e ro ise u edia o e nclitog.. a il t ith its other f end ;in-'"s'paced relationship to the 'upper end of ze s, fai pm'er b. 91 i ur d e ween tw r tween. an a e tin a ins h ii er e 1 f the corner block enema upperend ofthe brace rod, a bracket plate disposed angularly across each corner and against the other face of the upper .end ,of the brace rod' associated with such corner, said plate being figidlyf attached at its ends to, the adjacent aprons, and a hook bolt,

said bolt projecting-through thefbracket plate, the -upperend of the brac'e rod, spacer member,

in re'ierer'icefioithe brace member and the position of;thejen;trant slot that the projection will bind, against the inner face of 'the tubular leg her together when the brace member is disposed in vertical alignment with the leg member.

7 3. For usewith a table having a plurality of depending :aercn arrang'din jendwisef adjacent relation, 5 leg assembly comprising'aileg, "a brace rod secured at one endto said legwithitsother end in spaced 'relationshipito" the upp'rjen'd of the leg, a corner blockse'curedfbetween two'adjacentapron's' to form a corner fthere'withfan'd havingan outwardly presented was, heu'p'p'e'r endof the leg disposed against the outwardly presented face ,of jtlie' cornerfblockfafspa m inber REFERENCES, HCITED f The following references are of-record in the file of thispatentz' .5;. v

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